Andrew Burke
@ajlburke.bsky.social
Software guy and nerdy digital artist from Halifax Nova Scotia. He did Bloomsday Halifax and Starshipsstarthere.
This is also why you should leave your bottom coat button open
when trying on pants, do this in the store. then tell the sales associate "the menswear guy told me to do this."
IG mr.funkys0ul
IG mr.funkys0ul
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This is also why you should leave your bottom coat button open
This one paragraph made my whole year's subscription worth it
The new location update on X revealed what we've all kinda known all along: Republicans have been astroturfing themselves.
www.garbageday.email/p/republican...
www.garbageday.email/p/republican...
November 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM
This one paragraph made my whole year's subscription worth it
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the next big scandal is going to be "gpus sitting in warehouses" i'm sure of it
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
the next big scandal is going to be "gpus sitting in warehouses" i'm sure of it
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y'know, if tech companies weren't so fired up to call every single thing "AI" it would be a lot easier to distinguish "ML spam filter that is well-sandboxed and tuned on your emails" from "giant context and IP-eroding foundation model that makes people paranoid and unhappy"
since the "google is now training gemini on your email contents" thing keeps bumping around here: it's _not happening_. I say this not to defend google but because I know a lot of people that have broken their filtering and made their lives much more annoying from sheer misinformation.
The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
November 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
y'know, if tech companies weren't so fired up to call every single thing "AI" it would be a lot easier to distinguish "ML spam filter that is well-sandboxed and tuned on your emails" from "giant context and IP-eroding foundation model that makes people paranoid and unhappy"
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It’s all a sham and a foreign influence operation as we have been saying on @pivotpod.bsky.social for a while now.
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given surprising new insight into the online “America First” movement.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
It’s all a sham and a foreign influence operation as we have been saying on @pivotpod.bsky.social for a while now.
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13k comments on one tweet is a massive payout. All of the tweets follow a certain formula, so the content is likely automated using AI technology (e.g., AI generated images and text). Basically running it as a money printing machine. But for those in the US, it translates to low simmering rage.
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
13k comments on one tweet is a massive payout. All of the tweets follow a certain formula, so the content is likely automated using AI technology (e.g., AI generated images and text). Basically running it as a money printing machine. But for those in the US, it translates to low simmering rage.
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
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I didn't jump on this because I didn't want to argue with people, but... yes — Google's AI is not reading your email anymore than they _always_ are. But if you're worried about your privacy with Google? *Don't use their email*! They have literally always been gathering data on you.
Turns out this was all much ado about nothing and Google isn’t using your Gmail to train AI and if wanna turn all that stuff back on you can get your spam filters back
Looks like the article has been updated to suggest maybe they misread the policy.
I see people complaining that this also disabled their spam filters, though I still see new messages showing up in spam so it's still working fine for me after disabling things.
I see people complaining that this also disabled their spam filters, though I still see new messages showing up in spam so it's still working fine for me after disabling things.
November 23, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I didn't jump on this because I didn't want to argue with people, but... yes — Google's AI is not reading your email anymore than they _always_ are. But if you're worried about your privacy with Google? *Don't use their email*! They have literally always been gathering data on you.
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I'm starting to get a bit tired of the US Govt A/B testing their policies
November 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I'm starting to get a bit tired of the US Govt A/B testing their policies
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You will be surprised to learn that pretending this municipal financing model is sustainable to make voters happy has led us to a Bad Place.
November 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
You will be surprised to learn that pretending this municipal financing model is sustainable to make voters happy has led us to a Bad Place.
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huh, i thought this was AI because there's no way someone could order such an ugly shirt
It is real:
November 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
huh, i thought this was AI because there's no way someone could order such an ugly shirt
I think they're probably at least two events ahead of me but … same
Every morning I wake up thinking I had seen the craziest shit ever the day before and every day I’m wrong.
November 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I think they're probably at least two events ahead of me but … same
Mamdani has got to be a more fun hang than Miller & Vance & RFK & Thiel and the rest of those weirdos.
He should team up with Carney - the combo of mildly funny patrician banker guy and young charmer could turn Trump right around
He should team up with Carney - the combo of mildly funny patrician banker guy and young charmer could turn Trump right around
Mamdani is going to bring him that snowglobe that plays "Memories" from CATS and we're going to get government grocery stores nationwide
November 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Mamdani has got to be a more fun hang than Miller & Vance & RFK & Thiel and the rest of those weirdos.
He should team up with Carney - the combo of mildly funny patrician banker guy and young charmer could turn Trump right around
He should team up with Carney - the combo of mildly funny patrician banker guy and young charmer could turn Trump right around
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Still hoping some version of this is exactly what occurs.
Mamdani is going to bring him that snowglobe that plays "Memories" from CATS and we're going to get government grocery stores nationwide
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Still hoping some version of this is exactly what occurs.
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I don't mean this in an "I told you so" way, but it was very obvious to me that the Mamdani/Trump meeting would go the way it did, because Mamdani is ascendant, popular, powerful and charismatic, all things that Trump wants to glom on to. Trump has no principles; it's not like he has converted.
November 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I don't mean this in an "I told you so" way, but it was very obvious to me that the Mamdani/Trump meeting would go the way it did, because Mamdani is ascendant, popular, powerful and charismatic, all things that Trump wants to glom on to. Trump has no principles; it's not like he has converted.
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HMCS Regina (FFH 334) Halifax-class frigate coming into San Diego - November 21, 2025 SRC: YT- SanDiegoWebcam
November 21, 2025 at 11:52 PM
HMCS Regina (FFH 334) Halifax-class frigate coming into San Diego - November 21, 2025 SRC: YT- SanDiegoWebcam
I think Trump sees a fellow outsider populist renegade who defeated the establishment odds. It's what he likes to tell himself he is.
I also like Mamdani's hostage blink as Donald repeats the fabrication about falling Walmart prices.
I also like Mamdani's hostage blink as Donald repeats the fabrication about falling Walmart prices.
fox news two hours ago: THIS IS GONNA BE A SHOWDOWN WITH SOCIALISM
trump: zohran is great and we basically agree and i think he's gonna be a great mayor
trump: zohran is great and we basically agree and i think he's gonna be a great mayor
November 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I think Trump sees a fellow outsider populist renegade who defeated the establishment odds. It's what he likes to tell himself he is.
I also like Mamdani's hostage blink as Donald repeats the fabrication about falling Walmart prices.
I also like Mamdani's hostage blink as Donald repeats the fabrication about falling Walmart prices.
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this, *this*, is the greatest crossover of all time
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
this, *this*, is the greatest crossover of all time
I think it was a masterstroke to have Mamdani meet with Trump right after that visit with the creepy Saudis - he's so relieved to be hanging with a fun charismatic guy who knows New York.
this is like that scene in office space where the consultants end up loving peter
November 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I think it was a masterstroke to have Mamdani meet with Trump right after that visit with the creepy Saudis - he's so relieved to be hanging with a fun charismatic guy who knows New York.
The US has traditionally done so well in poorly thought out unpopular wars in mountainous jungle terrain
⚠️ The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued a NOTAM for airspace over Venezuela and nearby areas.
(NOTAM = Notice to Air Missions)
The notice cites as cause:
“WORSENING SECURITY SITUATION AND HEIGHTENED MILITARY ACTIVITY IN OR AROUND VENEZUELA”
(NOTAM = Notice to Air Missions)
The notice cites as cause:
“WORSENING SECURITY SITUATION AND HEIGHTENED MILITARY ACTIVITY IN OR AROUND VENEZUELA”
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The US has traditionally done so well in poorly thought out unpopular wars in mountainous jungle terrain
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In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
The brave US lawmakers reminding the military that they can resist unlawful orders have chosen as a motto the dying words of the Captain of the USS Chesapeake: "don't give up the ship!"
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
This Nova-Scotian says: "um, but..."
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
This Nova-Scotian says: "um, but..."
November 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The brave US lawmakers reminding the military that they can resist unlawful orders have chosen as a motto the dying words of the Captain of the USS Chesapeake: "don't give up the ship!"
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
This Nova-Scotian says: "um, but..."
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
This Nova-Scotian says: "um, but..."
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Rolling out the Matt Christman quote from after Charlottesville (2017) again:
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Rolling out the Matt Christman quote from after Charlottesville (2017) again:
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On this day in 1967, the City of Halifax bulldozed Africville's century-old church in the night after forging documents to change the date of sale from 1968 to 1967.
Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇
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Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇
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November 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
On this day in 1967, the City of Halifax bulldozed Africville's century-old church in the night after forging documents to change the date of sale from 1968 to 1967.
Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇
canadaehx.com/2020/03/25/t...
Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇
canadaehx.com/2020/03/25/t...
Meanwhile the US ambassador continues to gaslight us. Let's switch to Saab for our jets. We can build them at YHZ!
Swedish Deputy PM: Sweden needs to pick its friends wisely, and we are choosing Canada… So when we come to America, we come to Canada now.
November 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Meanwhile the US ambassador continues to gaslight us. Let's switch to Saab for our jets. We can build them at YHZ!